TY  - JOUR
T1  - Dietary L-Arginine Supplementation Improves the Immune Responses in Mouse Model Infected Porcine Circovirus Types 2
AU - Ren, Wenkai AU - Luo, Wei AU - Li, Yinghui AU - Wu, Miaomiao AU - Su, Dingding AU - Liu, Gang AU - Yu, Xinglong AU - Li, Tiejun AU - Fang, Jun 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 11
IS  - 16
SP  - 2980
EP  - 2985
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2012.2980.2985
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2012.2980.2985
KW  - L-arginine
KW  -porcine circovirus types 2
KW  -C-reactive protein
KW  -mouse model
KW  -dietary
AB  - This study was conducted to test the hypotheses that dietary L-arginine supplementation may enhance the immune responses and resulting in the clearance against PCV2 in experimentally infected mice. The measured variables include: the PCV2 virus load in liver, spleen, heart, lung, kidney, ovary and serum on 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th day post infection (dpi); serum Interleukin-2 (IL-2), Interleukin-6 (IL-6), Interleukin-10 (IL-10), Interferon alpha (IFN-α), Interferon gamma (IFN-γ) and C-Reactive Protein (CRP) levels on 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th dpi; serum Total Superoxide Dismutase (T-SOD) activity on 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th dpi. Results showed that arginine supplementation could significantly increase the serum IL-2 levels on the 9th and 11th dpi; significantly increase the serum IFN-α and CRP levels on the 11th dpi; significantly increase the serum IFN-r levels on the 7th dpi and significantly decrease the serum IL-6 levels on the 9th dpi. Meanwhile, the PCV2 virus genome was detected sporadically. Collectively, dietary L-arginine supplementation had beneficial effects on the cytokines profile in the PCV2 infected mouse and maybe could delay the PCV2 replication and/or clear the PCV2 in mouse model.
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